The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-27

expended may be regarded rs having been
thrown away. PawtGXet, II. |. affords au-
other instance OF this misapphcation at
funds. Its harhor is about 600 yards long
by 100 wide, formed by tho PawtuNet river,
| (which should not he COMPOUNDED with the
| PawtuCkeD, small stream tributary TO
Providence river. This place has no bust
ness and no commerce, most Of its supplies
! being brought Ivy rail and wagon from Prov
| idcnoe; yet in the river and hartsr hill OF
! 1884 was an appropriation, evidently in
! tended asa starter for $1,000 for an cN-
animation Of the river with avicw to inn
| provemcnt | once asked u citizen of the
| village what was to be done with the Paw
| tuNct river and was told that u prominent
resident wished TO open coal dock rs soon
rs the channel was deep enough TO allow
canal boats to ascend.
A very ilagrant case Is that OF the Potowo-
NUT river in Rhode Island. This is a small
stream, six miles or so in length, cmptying
into Narmgansctt bay. There is literally
nothing in the way of commerce ON the
river aud no possible likelihood Of any, At
low tide us waters would scarcely float q
| skiiE on its banks are the farm, of two
wealthy gentlemen of Providence. Gen.
| Warren, in whose district the river was, did
not report tnvorlbly ON this Improvement
| hut I'm 1852 am appropriation of 5000 was
| made for dredging a lew thousand yards ul
mud from the channel tits said thata few
pleasure craft aud some sloops loaded with
fertilizers for the two farms above mentioned,
are the only craft which have used the chan
mel thus improved hundred such in
stances occurrngnot only in Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island aud Connecticut but through
out the south and west, might he given; but
enough have been ulduCod to show somc of
the evils of the system.
There are enough of these small places
equally deserving recognition tn swell the
river and harhor bill 10 enormous proper
tions. The direct result Of It is that our
great scaports, through which flows the for
cign commerce of the nation, and our water
WAYS of national importance, are neglected
and gnurcd-the congressman finding the
aggregate of the small appropriations lac has
added ~ please his constituents 50 great that
he refuse, 10 sanction the large upproprin.
tiunS which such works call for and which
their importance iustics. New York, for
instance, with her immense commerce,
which has paid into the treasury Ia duties a
Kingdoms revenue, has received, from 1900,
Whrn our system of public improvements
/ began, hut SlOGL 80. Philadelphia, for the
same time, including Delaware hrcakwatcr
aud Delaware river received tl,VuA an2 II;
Boston, Sl,ilG.G6A and Baltimore SLlIl $40.
! am not we'll acquainted with The needs ut
thrc OF the great ports named, hut the har-
:
pcnditurc 1T liberal sums tn secure aud pre-
serve the facilities which her commerce lie
mands.
one of thc most striking instances of the
fact that appropriations are withheld where
they arr needed IS found iu the national
WntoFWnN afforded hy the great lakes. The
lower lake ports have been well taken care
ui, p- the phrase BE-, bat from Lake st. Clair
| 81 Duluth where the dense wilderness still
O. IL . q.
congressman arr few, there is % Wulul lack of
those Improvements to navigation which un
puliHhtpnud craftsmanship should provide.
The body IT wltcrcumrrisinr Lake st. Clair,
~. clair river Lake Huron. st. Mar, 81 river.
. and lake Superior has become, within thc
past trn years, the most crowded waterway
ct 40" nation. IL commerce nearly double.
I each wear. The grain and other crude prod.
uutt ut the r~1t northwest the Hour ul
] Minneapolis. the copper and iron ores of th,
81 / upper peninsula ol Michigan, an lind outlet
hgrr. while the coal gHd merchandise that
+ form tht imports ul thu same great district
d ul,r IH. through w. Through the So clair
Q Flats ship raurl h.ty,1r uas,du rummcp,
j. / ul lnupun toms, carried in inWp vessels
T. l puriust lr sine Vrriud d. go vessels carry iup
. ] '.Ntut1s tons Ul merchandise, Wru locked
! Through lbo ship canal nt the Falls ~ ~
j. . Mar, giving upC,r- Go Lake Superior I'm.
pruyrwrut- are urgently needed in the So
. / ,'HIr ship canal aud 200 the 81 NIN'- river
Do lu tE, YEAR. ut thD present rate ut increase
q . thr canal % st. Mlry.s Falls will le u.
/ adequate lo accommodate the commerce ul
H | fhr upper HIr The Portage Lake shin
4 ] ulunl. cutting un the luur dCiuur ~ eight,
b milp. around kcvr,unw pDiut now uNur,
b, hN % Ur.,li, company, b. offered tu thu gov
b. cmmaut Tor -tnWu ihr original cost haN
I. is l,rn m ihr urirlhurhuud II >iunur
o liut upnc 81 lac great public works can %
'f advanced hr,-iisc Congress pcristcntly. an
Q boo the face uf thr representations ~ bu1ul
o of trade AMI intelligent engineers, refuses {,
n rIIrt thr urrpssuN appropriations
DO Having indicated .HWr ui the evils and dc
2. I.#t4 ~ tlU present .ystDm, We come now a
b. tlr question Whrth,ru h,tiDr one can hr he
. l'.rd 10 We turn tD tlr old world govern
t m.u.s with whom che .uhicrt Ut public im
. movements hls L,Du H vital one Tor genera
10 lions. tH ful hut little announcement
10 Dr.lt Britain. tn maintain her maritime 200
90 uHrprity. hus appropriated immense sums ID
u beacon hpr rUIsiH and improve her hHfhura
She ,NUHulpl uu the huutWuirr ut llN
!. mouth 20 1lIa',. uu that It Portland 90 uil
500. HuH ut llulrlUui .f ir 500. The iuiu
p amount expended un ihr Clyde mp tp Jun
.l Ir ISL, WIS tu.sit,JiH. ur about ABWnuW
b. I We hn,r uu data ui thp expenditure uu ~
% Liverpool dIrhs Hud llrhur but the ont
.r sluIuf debit ui tLr Mrrary dnrka and h1I
Foo hHr Uulri iu le-1 WHU ESQ fllip Vet lu
r.. twenty year. pl.t thr beet minds among hn
100 LEGISLATORS have been tudlNuuur tu dpNi q.
boz -umy method Ui doing away with p1Ilu
To- m,utury grants, iur tHv same Reason ihH
b. rrdrr thr practice ~ Objectionable B
I. tl.H country the selection uf Wufl
iur doe purpose ~ securing tp sum
other WORK The support ut the mculvr
IH NHY.n districts they urr situated. Nrlrl
b. every conceivable pllu hIa been tried
d. r. substitute. one WUs tu loan money a. on
II local HutluitiU. lt o. low rate &C interest M
ui loan fb br repaid hy hlTlIr ices and toll
a.. Iut 10 wa found thnt 90" loan cHmmIssipi
10 pfs Nprf murr collections na to the srrUUl
DO. than tUr the needs uf r1WmrrrD and tI
70 many uprrHslrt works were denied bUyau
100 tI. tull. did not Boz ilir opinion ui thr con
.is mi ..iuurr., promise re- sufficient ptufu. 81
Ur other plan WIa Chat ul npprupIIHtIng ONE hu
Do ur uurtuufih ihu amount required. un col
90. dillon chat tho lur1I 1u'huuIir contribute
rp tlr remaining fDgIuu. Convict labor wi
,p ol refuge. while tb, imperial FuypWmr
% ita.If built itH navy lnriurs and nfhur q
ua docks and war establishments. hut POI lui.
Doc u4I urHcrtIyr we're these plan. ihHt ,Hf
ID. fuI investigator ul che subject HIH lpl tD q
hD clare that thu scheme. and plans NJ huHu
ut flr improving hIrNuH wen, 900 utter IuIW
sh with moro 90 ho learned Zoo avoiding tbH iH
y uras than Inc following tUo su.r..sr.
10 in thr rmpIrrui AusfHn.lluuuryn publ
be-. work. tp Dol UHId iUf uut uf thD national Geo..
.rr I ury. must como hriHu thr general COVER
th upuf by petition uf fLH state Ur province
re which 10 rs H.fuIi,d#H ruI8 observed. ] u
ut l,yr. in France Italy. aud other cDuutr.
0f Europe. The rru.s.lu system :. thr 900,
rn thorough and comprehensive. md prrhu
'ur thH best / rUnd,us' FROM uu account
do. that HgHfpm hyu IuH.tu engineer DWIU